August 31, 2013 11:37 am | Updated November 16, 2021 09:20 pm IST - NEW YORK
Serena Williams, of the United States, pumps her fist after winning a point against Yaroslava Shvedova, of Kazakhstan, during the third round of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Saturday.
Serena Williams breezed into the fourth round of the U.S. Open with a predictably comfortable win over Yaroslava Shvedova on Friday and next up faces one of only three women to beat her this year.
Williams, the top seed and defending champion, beat the 78th-ranked Kazakh 6-3, 6-1 in a match that wrapped up past 1 a.m. local time.
Stephens reached the round of 16 by beating 23rd-seeded Jamie Hampton 6-1, 6-3.
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